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1 DAC NETWORK ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION (ENVIRONET) STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION TO climate CHANGESEA TOOLKITO ctober 2010_____ 1 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION TO climate change OECD 2010 Acknowledgements This Advisory Note was prepared by Nathalie Risse (Consultant) and Nick Brooks (Consultant) in close collaboration with a Core Working Group led by UNDP and CIDA: Linda Ghanime (UNDP), Peter Croal (CIDA), Jon Hobbs and Yvan Biot (DFID), Barry Dalal-Clayton (IIED), Remi Paris (OECD DAC Secretariat), and Mihoko Kumamoto, Xianfu Lu, Henrieta Martonakova and Holly Mergler (UNDP).

2 Comments and inputs were provided by the OECD DAC ENVIRONET SEA Task Team. Technical Secretariat Services were provided by the International Institute for Environment and Development. Additional support was also provided by Peter Nelson and Barry Saddler. Final editing was undertaken by: Jon Hobbs (DFID) and Linda Ghanime (UNDP) [Co-Chairs of the OECD DAC SEA Task Team]; Remi Paris, Tamara Levine and Anna Br derle (OECD Secretariat) and Barry Dalal-Clayton (IIED/Technical Secretariat to the SEA Task Team).

3 The preparation of this document would not have been possible without the dedicated assistance of Maria Consolati of the OECD Secretariat. October 2010 _____ 2 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION TO climate change OECD 2010 Table of contents Preface .. 3 I. Introduction .. 4 II. Focus of this Advisory Note .. 5 III. The role of SEA in climate change ADAPTATION .. 7 IV. Addressing climate change ADAPTATION through SEA: Key steps and questions to ask .. 8 V. Issues to be mainstreamed in all stages of an SEA.

4 22 VI. Capacity development considerations .. 22 VII. Conclusion .. 23 References and sources of further information .. 24 Relevant tools and data analysis .. 26 Guidance sources to support integration of climate change in SEA: .. 27 Annex: The OECD DAC Review and Guidance on SEA .. 28 Box : Key entry points for SEA in development co-operation .. 28 Box : Key steps in SEA .. 29 Tables Table 1. Questions to consider in Step 1 of the SEA - Establishing context .. 11 Table 2. Test for a policy on providing housing assistance for the poor.

5 17 Table 3. Questions to consider in Step 2 of the SEA - Implementation .. 18 Table 4. Questions to consider in Step 3 of the SEA - Informing and influencing 20 Table 5. Questions to consider in Step 4 of the SEA - Monitoring and evaluation .. 21 Boxes Box 1. Hazards, vulnerability and risk .. 5 Box 2. Applying a climate lens in strategy or PPP formulation .. 6 Box 3. Integrating climate change into national / sectoral level PPPs .. 8 Box 4. An integrated ASSESSMENT model in Durban .. 10 Box 5. SEA capacity within the Nile Basin.

6 14 Box 6. Policy review using SEA within a National Poverty Reduction Strategy .. 15 _____ 3 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION TO climate change OECD 2010 Preface This is one in a series of Advisory Notes that supplement the OECD DAC Review of STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA) Experiences in Development Co-operation (2010). The 2010 review provides a comprehensive overview of major SEA activities in developing countries and serves as a monitoring report of 2006 OECD DAC Guidance on Applying STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT .

7 The Advisory Notes are not intended to provide exhaustive, in-depth guidance but rather supplementary advice and links to resources where more specialised information can be found. They fall into one or more of the following categories: 1. applying SEA in particular situations or circumstances that will require unique sensitivity and awareness ( post conflict environments); 2. providing further perspective, information and guidance on emerging issues that may need to be more adequately integrated into an SEA.

8 ( climate risk or ecosystem services); 3. undertaking an SEA that focuses specifically on a key emerging issue or policy area that was not sufficiently addressed when the DAC SEA Guidance was prepared ( biofuel development strategies, post-conflict reconstruction plans). The target audiences of the Advisory Notes are SEA practitioners (to help strengthen the quality of SEA) and specialists in the specific issues or circumstances under consideration (to introduce them to the added value of SEA to their work).

9 This Advisory Notes are intended to (i) illustrate how SEA may provide a framework for integrating considerations of climate change risks and opportunities into STRATEGIC planning, and to (ii) guide planners, policy makers and sector specialists working in the preparation of PPPs and those already familiar with SEA in the inclusion of climate change considerations into PPPs. Furthermore, this Advisory Note is one of the SEA Advisory Note series focusing on providing a thematic application of SEA. Other notes are available in the following topics: SEA and Disaster Risk Reduction SEA and Ecosystem Services SEA and Post-Conflict Development _____ 4 - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND ADAPTATION TO climate change OECD 2010 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT and ADAPTATION to climate change I.

10 Introduction As a result of the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC), there is widespread recognition that human activities are changing the global climate system, and that every part of the globe will be affected by the impacts of climate change . While climate change may generate economic opportunities in some parts of the world, the adverse impacts of climate change are projected to outweigh its benefits, particularly in developing countries. climate change has the potential to exacerbate disaster risks, water stress, food insecurity, health risks, natural resource depletion, gender inequalities, social and economic marginalisation, conflict and migration.